OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,
C.R.BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S
C.No.VIII/48/225/2010 Cus Tech Date: 24-12-2010
TRADE
FACILITY NO.94/2010
Sub: E-Payment of Customs Duties under the
Indian Customs EDI system – (ICES) at Air Cargo Complex and Inland Container
Depot,
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Attention
of the trade is invited to the fact that Inland Container Depot (ICD),
Whitefield,
2. Attention of the trade is also invited to the Trade Facility
No.33/2007 dated 30-03-2007 issued by this Commissionerate whereby e-payment of
Customs Duty through net banking has been introduced through two designated
banks, viz., State Bank of India/Punjab National Bank, anywhere in
3. This service of e-payment through net banking is offered by
the above banks at ACC and by State Bank of
4. Therefore, all importers are requested to take benefit of
the said facility as much as possible.
5. The procedure for e-payment remains the same as outlined in
the above-said Trade Facility Notice, which is reiterated for ease of
convenience.
(a) Person
desirous of availing the E-Payment facility must approach the designated bank,
State Bank of India/Punjab National Bank for opening an INTERNET ACCOUNT;
(b)
The Central Board of Excise and Customs has set up a CUSTOM E-Payment Gateway (
(c) In
the ICEGATE home page, a person can select the e-payment icon from the main
menu or if the person is using any other module of ICEGATE (like document
filing), he can select the e-Payment option from the side screen menu;
(d) On
selection of E-Payment option, the e-Payment page will open. The users already
registered with ICEGATE can login with their username and password as
REGISTERED USER. Thereafter their (personal) web page would open which will
display all the unpaid challans details for the Bills of Entry filed by him;
(e) If
the person is an UNREGISTERED USER, or he intends to make payments of duties on
the documents not filed by him through ICEGATE, then he can make E-Payment by
entering the IE Code of the importer. The
(f) On
selection of the challan the user will be shown the options of the ‘designated”
banks for the purpose of E-payment. The user can select any bank authorized for
e-payment at ACC,
(g) Thereafter,
the user will see the web page of the selected bank. He would be required to
login as an “Internet Customer” of the bank;
(h) After
successful login in the bank site, the user will be shown the details of the
challan including the amount to be paid. The user shall be prompted to confirm
the payment option;
(i) On
successful payment, a cyber receipt will be generated by the bank for
successful transaction. Then user may take the printout of the cyber receipt
for his reference. The bank will prompt the user to come back to the
((j) The
user must come back to the ICEGATE site to complete the transaction;
(k) In
case of an incomplete transaction or link failure, a VERIFY option is
automatically activated against the concerned challan for verification of the
duty payment details. In case of incomplete transaction, the Importer/CHA
must go back to ICEGATE and select the VERIFY option against the challan. On
selecting the VERIFY option, the Importer/CHA is taken back to the site of the Bank
for completion of the transaction. The VERIFY option must be exercised on the
date of payment itself, and the option would be de-activated the next day;
(l) After
e-payment is made at
(m)The
importer/CHA need not produce any proof of payment for the clearance of goods
in case of e-payment. However, he is advised to keep the copy of the cyber
receipt with him for future reference for his own convenience;
(n) In
case of problems in e-Payment, the Importer/CHA can contact the ICEGATE 24 hour
helpdesk by phone at (011)23370133 or (011) 23379020 or by email at icegatehelpdesk@icegate.gov.in. They can also contact the
Additional Commissioner of Customs/Systems Manager at Inland Container Depot or
Air Cargo Complex, in case of any difficulty.
Sd/-
(B.
BHATTACHARYA)
COMMISSIONER
To,
All as per the
Customs Mailing List ‘B’